Indian club.



No. 688,599. Patented Dec. l0, I90Il.

J. CREELMAN.

INDIAN CLUB.

(Application filed Aug. 21. 1901.) (No Model.)

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PATENT JOHN OREELMAN, OF SUFFERN, NEW YORK.

INDIAN CLUB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 688,599, dated ibeeihber 10, 1901.

Application filed August 21, 1901. Serial No. 72,731. (No model.)

To all whom) it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN CREELMAN, a citi- Zen of the United States, and a resident of Suffern, in the county of Rockland and State of New York, have made and invented certain new and useful Improvements in Indian Clubs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in Indian or swinging clubs, the object being to provide what I have termed an illuminated club, wherein an incandescent lamp is contained within the hollow perforated body portion, thereby producing novel and pleasing efiects when the same are swung in a dark ened hall or room.

With these and other ends in view my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation of my improved Indian club. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, the handle and body being separated;

Referring to the drawings, A represents the handle, and B the body portion,- the former having the lower end thereof threaded, as at a, to engage with the threaded portion 1) of the body, the two parts when secured together, as shown in Fig. 1, having the entire outline or contour of the ordinary Indian club.

The handle A is formed with the hole or opening 0, extending from one' end to the other for the reception of the electric wires or conductors 0, one end of the latter being electrically connected with the lamp-socket D, secured to the threaded end of said handle, and the opposite end with some suitable source of electric current. In the socket D is secured the incandescent lamp E, which when the parts are connected extends downwardly into the hollow body B, the latter being provided with holes or perforations d, from which the light is allowed to pass from the lamp.

When these clubs are swung in darkened places, the effect produced is both novel and pleasing, especially when the various movements are executed with rapidity.

1; While I prefer to form the clubs of wood, by reason of its lightness and c'heapness, it will be understood that they may be made of metal or transparent or translucent material,

such as glass or celluloid, different-colored effects being also secured by employing different-colored lamps-such as red, blue, &c.' instead of the ordinary lamp.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An Indian club constructed with a hollow perforated body, a detachable handle having one end threaded to engage with said hollow body and' provided with an opening extending through the same, an electric lamp secured to the threaded end of said handle, and wires leading from said lamp through the opening in said handle, substantially as de-' scribed.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 19th day of August, A. D. 1901.

JOHN CREELMAN. 

